Sightings Archive

Stubley Hollow: Chiffchaff - 2 juvs ; 319 - 2 ; Swallow - 7 ; House Martin - 5

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 7 - inc.pr+3j ; Little Grebe - 3 - 2ad 1very pale col.juv ; Cormorant - 3 - 2ad, 1j ; Mute Swan - 63 - inc prs with 3y,2y ; Grey Heron - 4 - left ne ; Gadwall - 4 - f+ 4j ; Gadwall - 4 - f+3j ; Tufted Duck - 44 ; Black-headed Gull - 100+ ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2nd sum. ; Swift - 1 ; Swallow - 13 - inc. 2-2-2-5-2 all s ; Reed Warbler - 7 - call from r/bed ; Blackcap - 4 ; Chiffchaff - 9 ; Siskin - 1 - past e call ; Bullfinch - 4 ; Reed Bunting - 2 ; Greylag Goose - 4 - left ne not grey heron

Wadsley Common garden: House Sparrow - 17 - Highest count here.

Abbeydale: 319 - 4 - together calling, over Abbeydale Golf Club

Cinder Hills: Stock Dove - 1 - singing ; Wren - 1+ ; Phyllosc sp - 1 ; Long-tailed Tit - 1+ ; Great Tit - 1+ ; Jay - 1

Devonshire Green: 319 - 1 - Passed high overhead during speeches at Sheffield Hen Harrier Day (record shot)

Dog Kennel Pond: Great Crested Grebe - 1+ ; Mallard - 10+ ; Coot - 1+ ; Black-headed Gull - 16+

Green Moor: Starling - 60

Langsett Res: Sanderling - 1 - a juv on S side at 19:10

Limb Valley: Red Kite - 1 - Circled slowly over Bole Hill plantation for several minutes at c11:15 then glided down to ground, and out of sight

Morley Pond: Mute Swan - 5 - Adults with at least 3 juvs ; Great Crested Grebe - 5 - 2Ad + 3 juvs

Orgreave Lakes: Ruff - 1 - Male on Big Lake ; Hobby - 1 - Spooked everything off island and attempted to take a Dublin. ; Little Egret - 1 ; Willow Tit - 1 - Between bridges ; Cetti's Warbler - 1 - Singing at side of river. ; Yellow-legged Gull - 3 - All adults ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - C.300 - On tip

Redmires Middle Res: Common Sandpiper - 2

Redmires Top Res: Crossbill - 1 - female in roadside conifers

Rotherham General Hospital: Goldcrest - 1 - calling

Scholes Village: 319 - 1 - E of village @ 11:05

Thrybergh CP: Great Crested Grebe - 9 - inc.pr+3y ; Little Grebe - 1 - ad ; Cormorant - 2 ; Mute Swan - 62 - inc 3y2y ; Canada Goose - 40 ; Tufted Duck - 41 ; Black-headed Gull - 70+ ; Common Gull - 1 - ad past w ; Lesser Black-backed Gull - 1 - 2sum ; Collared Dove - 5 ; Pied Wagtail - 5 - 3jv1ad feeding1y from2nd brood ; Reed Warbler - 2 ; Whitethroat - 1 ; Chiffchaff - 7 - 1 sing ; Goldfinch - 60+ ; Greenfinch - 6 ; Bullfinch - 2

Upper Common, Scholes: Skylark - 1

Barbrook Valley: Kestrel - 2 - seen together ; Meadow Pipit - 4+ ; Stonechat - 7 - Male, Female & juvs ; Whinchat - 2 - Juvs ; Swallow - 3 ; Grey Wagtail - 1

Crowhole: Swallow - 8+ - including adults and recently fledged juveniles ; House Martin - 1 ; Bullfinch - 1

Fox House: Swift - 2

Green Moor: Tawny Owl - 1

Hudson*s Rough: Sparrowhawk - 2+ - At least 2 juv,regularly calling and moving through canopy.

Hurlfield: Tawny Owl - 1 - calling at 04:45.

Kimberworth: Long-tailed Tit - 7 - Arrived as a group on the fatball feeder.

Meersbrook Park: Ring-necked Parakeet - 1 - Flew over walled garden at moth watch event ; Tawny owl - 1 female calling.

Norton Lees: Peregrine - 1 - Being mobbed by 20+bhg's.

Orgreave Lakes: Common Sandpiper - 2 - 2 north end of big lake

Ramsley Moor: Swallow - 150+ - Steady movement S-W, 9.30-11.00 ; Spotted Flycatcher - 1 ; Willow Warbler - 5 - including 4 singing ; Tree Pipit - 1 - Flying W calling ; Grey Partridge - 3 - young birds ; 319 - 1

Rawmarsh Cemetery: Great Spotted Woodpecker - 1 - calling

Upper Midhope: House Martin - c120

Barbrook Plantation: Spotted Flycatcher - 4+ - 2 adults and 2+ juvs, with adults noisily displaying, presumably to draw observer away from juvs.

Barbrook Valley: 319 - 1 ; Hobby - 1 ; Whinchat - 1 ; Stonechat - 5+ - 2 adult males and 3+ juvs